TRUE HOPE TIMES
Presenting The Lord Jesus Christ!
|
| |
|
Dear Subscriber,
Greetings from Houston! First of all, thank you to those of you who have helped make it possible to participate in this year's gathering of the Ministry Alliance! This meeting, not only are ministers from the U.S. in attendance but we are honored to have ministers from other nations as well, the Philippines and India!
God's Word has already ministered mightily and we are seeing the Holy Spirit move mightily among us!
The evident emphasis is the same which the Lord directed us to focus upon in ministry some 2 years ago ... it is time for righteousness to be raised in the Church, the Body of Christ must recognize that judgment has begun in God's own House!
Next week we will share with you the message being delivered this week, but let me just share with you the phrase of emphasis that was declared - not for the meeting but for our lives in Christ . . .
"Be Diligent To Be Different!"
As always, be richly blessed in Christ Jesus!
Dr. Timothy
------------------
--------------------
------------------
Ecclesiastes 12:13-14 (KJV)
Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.
For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil. |
|
 From Dr. Timothy
|
CAN'T FORGIVE?
Do the hurts from long ago, or more recently, continue to plague you and you just can't stop thinking of an offense to your person, conscience or life? Or when you see that someone who has wounded you (and they know that they have perpetrated a great wrong in your life) in the past is now living as though nothing ever happened the sense of being damaged just compounds and continues to linger - or worse yet, increases - anger at that person continues to control your life!
"What is the deal?" you may ask, "why does life seem so well for that person, doesn't God care about what they did to me?"
Answer: Of course He does, probably far more than you are realizing!
Issue: The real issue is this: Have you forgiven that person (or persons) who so deeply damaged you?
Problem: You hear about, read about, even think about forgiveness, but when it comes down to it, you just can't forgive them! REALLY?!?!
Well it may seem that is the case, and in fact, your reality declares "I just can't forgive that person!" If that is your reality, you are not living in God's TRUTH! You see, God would never tell us to do something that, as His child, is impossible for us to do!
I have heard people say, "Well, God may have forgiven him/her but I just can't let it go!" or, "Well God needs to forgive him/her because I can't do it" or even, "I just don't see how he/she can be forgiven for what he/she did it was so horrible!"
Every one of these statements have elements that seem true, every one of these statements also reflect the true situation ... "I Can't Find The Way To Forgive!" Why not? Most likely for two reasons:
- You don't understand what forgiveness actually is - even IF you realize that God means is to be for your own well being!
- Your flesh is demanding satisfaction and you are listening in full agreement! In other words, you are being carnally minded and may not even realize it!
Let's address #2 first: You cannot forgive any offender in this condition for one simple reason - -
Because the carnal mind is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, nor indeed can be.
So then, those who are in the flesh cannot please God. (Rom. 8:7-8)
In other words, because the flesh is demanding satisfaction and you are listening to and agreeing with that fleshly demand, it is simply impossible for you to agree with God! You see, it is impossible to be in agreement with two diametrically opposed points of view simultaneously!
Thus - - in this condition it is impossible for you to do what God says to do even though God has your best interest at heart!
Reason #1: Until you understand what forgiveness actually is, you are not able to forgive which leaves you under the control of what the flesh demands! In other words, you are trapped in a satanic snare of opposing the Truth and vulnerable to demonic damage and destruction in your life!
So what is forgiveness? Well, it is not "Time heals all wounds"! Forgiveness is not "Letting bygones be bygones"! Forgiveness is not "Letting the offender off the hook" or a means by which an offender "gets by with it!
Forgiveness is, most simply, the decision to RELEASE YOUR RIGHT TO GET REVENGE FOR BEING HURT! Forgiveness is releasing the offender from your desire and/or ability to retaliate for the damage they have inflicted upon you!
Or as God tells us:
Repay no one evil for evil. Have regard for good things in the sight of all men.
If it is possible, as much as depends on you, live peaceably with all men.
Beloved, do not avenge yourselves, but rather give place to wrath; for it is written, "Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,'' says the Lord.
"Therefore if your enemy hungers, feed him; if he thirsts, give him a drink; for in so doing you will heap coals of fire on his head.''
Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
Romans 12:17-21
There is much more to this and if you are one of those who say you can't forgive, please read the article "Can't Forgive?" by clicking here.
From my heart to yours!
Many
Blessings!Dr.
Timothy
|
Prophet's Corner
Current News & Events With Prophetic Impact
| FOREWORD:
When we read articles related to prophecy, especially those that are of an impending danger focus, we must not see these in a negative light but we should respond in two ways: First, rejoice for our redemption is ever closer, or as Jesus said in Luke, "Look up ..."; Second, intensify our efforts as the witnesses of and for Christ Jesus our Lord! The final harvest is approaching and we owe it to those touched by our lives to tell them of God's offer of love to escape the wrath to come! Dr. Timothy
Gaddafi Calls On Islamic World To Unite Against The West, March on Israel http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Libyan dictator Muammer
Gaddafi has called for a mass Arab march on Israel, in an attempt to
force Israel into accepting Arab demands. He directed his call to
Palestinian Authority Arabs and to the millions of Arabs who define
themselves as “Palestinian refugees” that seek to “return” to Israel.
“Fleets of boats should take Palestinians... and wait by the Palestinian
shores until the problem is resolved,” Gaddafi said on Libyan
television. Now is the time for PA Arabs to capitalize on the wave of
Middle East revolts, he added.
The purpose of the mass march would not be to declare war, but rather “to create a problem for the world,” Gaddafi explained.
Hundreds of thousands of Arabs fled Israel during the War of
Independence. Many Arab leaders demand that Israel accept those who fled
and their millions of descendants as citizens.
In some countries, among them Syria, Lebanon, and Iraq, the descendants
of Arabs who fled Israel have not been granted citizenship, and live in
their own separate neighborhoods and cities.
'The West is our Enemy'
In the same speech, Gaddafi called on the Muslim world to unite against
the non-Muslim world. The “Western world,” including the United States
and Europe, has gone on the attack against the Islamic world, he said.
Designating the U.S. and Europe “white” and the Muslim world “green,”
Gaddafi said, “The white color has decided to get rid of the green
country... These countries should be united against the white color.”
While he called for Muslim unity in fighting the West, Gaddafi had
criticism for several Muslim leaders – those who have some form of
relations with Israel. “All Arab states which have relations with Israel
are cowardly regimes,” he declared.
California wants lesbians as mandatory 'role' models in all public schools
http://www.wnd.com
Lawmakers in the state
of California are proposing a law that would require schools to portray
lesbians, homosexuals, transsexuals and those who have chosen other
alternative sexual lifestyles as positive role models to children in all
public schools there.
"SB 48: The worst school sexual indoctrination ever" is how officials
with the Campaign for Children and Families describe the proposal, SB
48, sponsored by state Sen. Mark Leno.
Openly homosexual, Leno boasts on his website of founding a business
with his "life partner, Douglas Jackson," who later died of AIDS
complications.
That description as "worst" is considerable, considering the Campaign
for Children and Families was a key player in the battle in the state in
2007 and 2008 over a variety of laws that now forbid any "adverse"
portrayal of those alternative sexual choices in school, class,
curriculum and by teachers.
On its website, the organization explains the plan by "homosexual
activist" Leno "would require all students in social studies class to
admire 'lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender' role models.
"The Democrat state legislators pushing this radical bill want to
recruit boys and girls to support the homosexual-bisexual-transsexual
agenda, personally and publicly," the organization's Action Alert
explains.
"They want them to become 'LGBTIQ' activists [and] help trample
religious freedom, free speech, parental rights, business-owner rights,
private property rights, the Boy Scouts, and everything else you hold
dear."
THERE IS MORE TO THIS STORY - CLICK HERE
|
BUILDING HOPE
|  HOPE . . .
Confident Expectation
Hope that is seen is not hope, for why would you still hope for what has already become reality?
Purifying hope: Hope is confident expectation, certainty about the future. If we know our destiny is to be like Jesus, this sense of our true identity will move us to be like Him now. (Bible Reader's Companion.)
Hope
One of the three main elements of Christian character (1Co 13:13). It is joined to faith and love, and is opposed to seeing or possessing (Rom 8:24; 1Jn 3:2).
"Hope is an essential and fundamental element of Christian life, so essential indeed, that, like faith and love, it can itself designate the essence of Christianity (1Pe 3:15; Heb 10:23).
In it the whole glory of the Christian vocation is centred (Eph 1:18; Eph 4:4)."
Unbelievers are without this hope (Eph 2:12; 1Th 4:13).
Christ is the actual object of the believer's hope, because it is in his second coming that the hope of glory will be fulfilled (1Ti 1:1; Col 1:27; Tit 2:13).
It is spoken of as "lively", i.e., a living, hope, a hope not frail and perishable, but having a perennial life (1Pe 1:3). In Rom 5:2 The "hope" spoken of is probably objective, i.e., "the hope set before us," namely, eternal life (Compare Rom 12:12).
In 1Jn 3:3 the expression "hope in him" ought rather to be, as in the Revised Version, "hope on him," i.e., a hope based on God. Thanks to: Illustrated Bible Dictionary: And Treasury of Biblical History, Biography, Geography, Doctrine, and Literature. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
In 2008 The Lord directed us to change the name of our ministry to True Hope because we have and offer to the lives of all people the ONLY SOURCE for hope that is true ... The Lord Jesus Christ!
|
MINISTRY UPDATES
The TRUE HOPE BIBLE BOOK STORE is live and online!
Thanks to Amazon.com, Christian Book Distributors and a number of other resources that have approved True Hope Churches & Ministries.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Join us for TRUE HOPE LIVE! this Sunday,
7pm central time!
The True Hope Live! link is found HERE!
IT'S FREE, UPLIFTING AND EMPOWERING!
See you then!
|
Until next time may our Heavenly Father's richest blessings be yours to enjoy!
Dr. Timothy Hoflund
True Hope Churches & Ministries |
|
CONTACT DETAILS | True Hope Churches
& Ministries P.O. Box 2529
Alma, AR 72921
Office Phone: 479-431-6553
Cell Phone: 479-217-1143
Dr. Timothy Hoflund
Phone: 479-632-1500
Skype: protimothy
Email: timothy
|
|
GET INFORMATION THAT AFFECTS
OUR DAILY LIVES
& NEWS WITH PROPHETIC SIGNIFICANCE!
from
A FREE PRESS
FOR
A FREE PEOPLE
 | | Visit WorldNetDaily |
A Primary Resource
for the
True Hope Times
|
|
| |
|
|
